“I confess to Thee, O Savior, the sins I have committed, the wounds of my soul and body, which

“I confess to Thee, O Savior, the sins I have committed, the wounds of my soul and body, which murderous thoughts, like thieves, have inflicted inwardly upon me.”

—A Stichera from the First Ode of the Great Canon of Repentance by St. Andrew of Crete